COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ART AND TECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 6070 ART AND TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Art and Design Proficiency in Art

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAVAŞ ARSLAN

Offered to

Art and Design Proficiency in Art

Course Objective

As an interdisciplinary field of study, art and technology is in a continual flux. Technological changes opens up new creative potentials for art production and at times may impact it negatively. In this course, the potential contributions of technology in artistic creativity and innovation will be discussed through senses, new media, digitalization, virtual and immersive technologies, data and artificial intelligence.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To gain knowledge on art and technology as an interdisciplinary field of study.
2   To understand the relation between technological transformations and art production.
3   To research what technology contributes in artistic creativity and innovation.
4   To produce novel artistic practices through technology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the Course
2 Understanding Technology
3 Creativity
4 Innovation
5 Art Production
6 Art and the Senses
7 New Media
8 Digital Storytelling
9 Collaboration and Implementation
10 Art and Immersive Technologies
11 Art and Data
12 Virtual Art
13 Art and Artificial Intelligence
14 Artificial Intelligence Aesthetics

Recomended or Required Reading

Heidegger, Martin. 1977. Question Concerning Technology. New York: Harper Torchbooks.
Johansson, Frans. 2013. Yaratıcılık ve Inovasyon. Istanbul: Mediacat.
Bruce, D ve G Cook. 2017. Hayal Kafe: Radikal Inovasyon Sanatı Için Güçlü Fikirler. Istanbul: Sola.
Berrett, Terry. 2022. Sanat Üretimi: Form ve Anlam. Istanbul: Hayalperest.
Lindstrom, Martin. 2006. Duyular ve Markalar. Istanbul: Optimist.
Manovich, Lev. 2002. The Language of New Media. Boston: MIT.
Handler Miller, Carolyn. 2014. Digital Storytelling. New York: Focal.
Earnshaw, Rae. 2017. Art, Design and Technology: Collaboration and Implementation. Cham: Springer.
Moser, MA ve D MacLeod (der). 1996.
Manovich, Lev. 2020. Cultural Analytics. Boston: MIT.
Grau, Oliver. 2004. Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion. Boston: MIT.
Miller, Arthur I. 2020. The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI Powered Creativity. Boston: MIT.
Manovich, Lev. 2019. AI Aesthetics. London: Strelka.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

TBA

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

TBA

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TBA

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

savas.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

TBA

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 10 7 70
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15553424
LO.25553424
LO.3234323
LO.4332523

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